Lantern.



PATBNTED @3.16, 1907.

P. K. WRIGHT.

- LANTERN.

APPLICATION FILED Mu 2o. 1904.

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FREDERICK K. WRIGHT, OF SYRACUSE, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR TO R. E. DIETZ COMPANY, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

LANTERN.

No. 850,455. specineation of Letters Patent. Patented April 16, 1907.

Application filed May 20, 1904. Serial No. 208,828.

To (if/ZZ whom t may concern/r Re it known that I, FREDERICK K. Winer-1T, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Syracuse, in the county of Onondaga and State of New York, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Lanterns, of which the following is a specihcation.

This invention relates to that class of lancontain a wire guard frame or basket and a top or dome of sheet metal which is connected with the top ring of the frame at the rear by a hinge and at the front by a spring-catch.

I-Ieretofore the hinge and the guide-loop for the spring-catch have usually been made of sheet metal and riveted to the skirt of the lantern-top.

The object of this invention is to construct l the hinge of wire in order to simplify, strengthen, and cheapen the connection.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is an elevation, partly in section, of the upper portion of a lantern provided with my improvements. Fig. 2 is a bottom plan view of the lantern-top. Fig. 3 is a perspective view showing the wire hinge before the same is applied to the lantern top and frame. Fig. 4 is a perspective view showing the wire hinge applied to the lantern-top and frame-ring. Fig. 5 is a top plan view showing the wire hinge applied to the lantern-top and guardframe.

Like letters of reference refer to like parts in the several figures.

A represents the sheet-metal top or dome of a lantern, and a the flange of saidtop. B represents the top ring of the wire guardframe, and C the uprights of said frame. All of these parts may be of any suitable or wellknown construction.

D represents the wire hinge by which the top A is connected to the top ring B on the rear side of the lantern. This hinge is bent to form a cross-bar d and curved end portions d. The latter stand at right angles to the cross-aar and have the form of hooks which are turned with their open sides upwardly. The flange a of the top is provided near its edge with two openings e, through which the two hooks d are inserted from above, so that the cross-bar d of the hinge rests upon the j flange e between these openings and the hook i portions d of the hinge extend outwardly below the top ring B of the frame and upwardly on the outer side of the flange e, as indicated i by dotted lines on the left-hand side of Fig. l. ,i The upwardly-projecting end portions of the g hooks are then closed down upon the iiange a, as shown in full lines in Fig. 1, whereby the hinge is firmly attached to the lantern-top If and connected with the top ring of the lanf tern-frame, so as to turn on its curved end portions in swinging the top on the hinge. The top ring of the frame is preferably offset, as shown at f, Fig. 2, to receive the hinge and prevent the latter from shifting its position circumferentially on the top ring. i G represents the usual spring-catch which is attached to the under side of the lanterntop and arranged at the front thereof for engagement with the top ring of the frame when the lantern-top is closed down. H represents the wire guide-loop which is also sei cured to the underside ofthe lantern-top and l in which the free end of the catch isloosely held and guided near the thumb-piece g of the catch. This guide-loop is bent to form an eye 7i and attaching-arms 7U, which extend in opposite directions from the eye.

The hinge is made of wire and easily bent to shape and attached by suitable tools, whereby the cost of production is greatly reduced., and the connection of the lantern-top with the guard-frame is rendered strong and durable.

I claim as my invention- The combination of a lantern-top, a lantern-frame, and a connecting wire hinge consisting of a cross-piece which rests upon the top and end portions which extend downwardly through openings in the top, then outwardlyunderneath the top ring of the lan- I tern-frame, and then upwardlji.,T and inwardly i over the marginal portion of the top against I which they are closed down, substantially as set forth.

Witness my hand this 14th 1904.

day of May,

FREDERICK K. VVRIGIIT. Witnesses:

P. L. SALMON, EDWARD I/VILI-IELM. 

